IEBC walking the tightrope as referendum and boundaries assignments beckon

Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chair Wafula Chebukati (right) and Commissioner Abdi Guliye at a past press conference. [David Njaaga,Standard]

In a perfect case of poisoned chalice, the electoral body commissioners are to be sent packing immediately after conducting the proposed referendum even as Parliament seeks to fill positions of the four commissioners.

Already, there is push and pull over whether to recruit more commissioners to meet the mandatory seven or disband the Wafula Chebukati-led Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).